Soul Searching with Ashleigh Williams: How to Have Difficult Conversations

Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Ashleigh Williams: How to Have Difficult Conversations

Our guest this week Ashleigh Williams shares her insight on social justice and having difficult discussions at work (12:10). “I had to have that conversation in love and kindness.” She shares her experience as an African American woman with a police officer dad and her experience as a White House HBCU Ambassador (18:22).

“Covid (season) has given me the opportunity to do some soul searching and I’ve realized priorities that are extremely important to me” including strengthening faith and intuition, developing patience, what she learned from a social media fast and job search and interview process. She shares how she learned to be vulnerable at work (3:30) and the importance of showing emotion when telling stories and learning other people's perspectives.

Her practical wisdom, “You never know what people are going through, so be kind at all times…stay hopeful and stay rooted in your values and your worth.”

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Ashleigh is a Business Development Manager at Microsoft, driving virtual solutions in healthcare so people can have proper care during this pandemic. She is originally from Maryland and enjoys traveling, cooking and volunteering. She is passionate about creating financially literate communities and views it as her life mission to uplift others.